The women risking it all to help future generations In his final report from Afghanistan, our reporter meets pioneering females
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IT may just be made from sheets of wood nailed together, but Sheila has tried her best to make her room feel more homely. The bed is strewn with a patterned blanket, the floor is covered with a bold red Afghan carpet and the shelves are filled with trinkets and make-up. There is one thing in the room though that is particularly special to Sheila: a picture of her six children in America. Every day that picture reminds her of home, but it also reminds her of something less comforting - the risk she is taking in being here.
Sheila lives on the US base in the Paktya province of Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan and every time she leaves the base to do her job as an interpreter for the military she attracts attention.See the full content of this document
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The women risking it all to help future generations In his final report from Afghanistan, our reporter meets pioneering females
"Here, no-one can work out who I am, " she says. Sheila is a Muslim, Afghan female but works for the US army. "In this area, they do not like Afghan females to work for the military, especially for the US military. Some people encourage me, but some say 'why are you working for the US?'" Sheila is...
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